The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 19
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HISASHI NEGISHI and SATOSHI MIYAGAWA
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Appeal No. 2000-2148
Application No. 08/935,704
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HEARD: Apr. 16, 2002
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Before KRASS, BARRY, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
The examiner rejected claims 1, 2, 4-15, 17, 18, and 20-37.
The appellants appeal therefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We
affirm.
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention concerns file management. A
computer using a windows-type operating system represents files
as icons on a graphical user interface (“GUI”). Such an
operating system allows a user to work with computer programs and
files. File operations available to the user include deleting
and moving a file. The user deletes a file by using the
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